Hello to all,

I have read all the pages here and am impressed by the knowledge! I have had fibromyalgia since the early 1990's. Mainly it causes pain in my neck and shoulders as well as migraine-type headaches. I can actually feel small knobby nodules all around my neck and shoulders which are painful when pressed. A few things have helped and I thought I'd share these -

Magnesium injections (same thing given to women in eclampsia) to relax muscles. The doctor gave these IM. They will cause a sore spot for a week or so on your bum but this method has no gastro upset like when taking magnesium tablets. I have had pain relief for 2-3 months.

Acupuncture. Helps with pain relief for anywhere from 2 weeks to a month.

Massage. Short term - about a week or so - but sure feels good!

Stretching exercises such as mild, gentle yoga will help along with a hot shower or heat pad on the sore areas.

I am interested in the discussions about floride - isn't floride a chemical by-product? I don't have floride in my water now - is there a way to get floride out of the body safely?

My stomach has recently been kicking up a fuss because of all the pain meds I've had to take because of surgery I had last year for an unruptured brain aneurysm. So, now I'm on more chemicals (Nexium and Immodium) - but I'm going gluten-free after reading the article posted here about that.

Thanks for all the great info; I'll keep reading with interest!

Diana